Xisco Munoz: Watford sack head coach after lower than 10 months in cost

Watford have sacked head coach Xisco Munoz after lower than 10 months in cost, with the membership 14th within the Premier League.

The Spaniard changed Vladimir Ivic in December 2020 and guided the membership to automated promotion from the Championship final season.

Watford have gained seven factors from their opening seven league video games, with Munoz’s final match in cost a defeat towards Leeds at Elland Highway on Saturday – described as a “1-0 battering” by goalkeeper Ben Foster.

A membership assertion learn: “The board feels current performances strongly point out a detrimental pattern at a time when workforce cohesion must be visibly enhancing.

“The Hornets will all the time be grateful to Xisco for the half he performed in securing final season’s promotion and want him properly for his future profession in soccer.

“No additional membership remark will probably be out there till the upcoming announcement of a brand new head coach.”

Amid an overhaul of the membership’s squad following their promotion, Watford noticed captain Troy Deeney go away after an 11-year keep whereas first-team regulars Will Hughes and Nathaniel Chalobah additionally left.

Munoz, who’s the primary supervisor to be sacked within the Premier League this season, began the brand new marketing campaign with a 3-2 win towards Aston Villa at Vicarage Highway.

Nevertheless, 4 defeats in six league video games have adopted that win, with their solely different victory coming at fellow newly-promoted aspect Norwich.

Watford additionally exited the Carabao Cup on the third spherical stage to Championship membership Stoke final month.

Munoz’s departure means the membership are in search of their thirteenth completely different everlasting supervisor for the reason that Pozzo household accomplished their takeover of Watford in 2012.

Who would take the Watford job now?

Talking on Tremendous Sunday Matchday, Each day Mirror assistant editor Darren Lewis instructed Sky Sports activities Information: “For those who sack a supervisor seven video games in you then make your job discovering a alternative for him even tougher.

“I bear in mind after they had been in search of any person to take the job earlier than Xisco and that search took a very long time.

“They’ve had 16 managers (together with caretakers) within the final 10 years – that may be a membership with no longevity. Even if you happen to do properly, even if you happen to do what they’ve requested you to do, you aren’t getting the time and respiration house to have the ability to construct in your work.

“Who would need to take that job now?”